Re: QUES: advantages of ORACLE over FOXPRO

huynh_at_condor.navsses.navy.mil writes:

>Hi all,
 

>Could someone please tell me the advantages of ORACLE over FOXPRO? Why are
>industries pushing for ORACLE now?
 

>Thanks.

 IMHO, Foxpro and any other xBase derivative is a mere toy compared with  ORACLE (or Sybase or Ingres or Informix for that matter).

  Here's a quick chart:

                          Oracle                     Foxpro
                         -------------              ------------
 
Number of platforms
supported:                 100's                      3 or 4

On Line Back up:           Yes                         No

Integrated data 
dictionary:                Yes                         No

Redo/Undo logs             Yes                         No

Automated recovery:        Yes                         No

High Throughput
OLTP:                      Yes                          ?????

Many Distributed
Options/Features:          Yes                         No

                 
                         And the list goes on . . . . 

If I were doing anything other than a single user stand alone database (like a rolodex or something), I'd probably choose Oracle. There are many applications for which FoxPro and other xBase programs do quite well in. I would think, however, the Navy would not be interested in such trivial systems.

Just my $0.02

Rich Holowczak
Rutgers University
holowcza_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu Received on Fri Jun 25 1993 - 21:24:20 CEST